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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best album to come out the great wide (white) north...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Coke Machine Glow (Audio CD)
ok, here's my un-expert review of Gord Downies's (GD's) Coke Machine Glow after a few complete listenings:the best thing to come out of the great wide (white) north since young's harvest...you have to keep an open mind, folks, this is very, very, VERY un-tragically hip, this is gd's ponderings and musings about life in general. some of it is catchy, quirky spoken word with background music, others are brilliant, unrefined songs with rough edges. All of the songs blend in well. It reminds me of a group of musician getting together, sitting down and playing in a room in a big house with a tape recorder recording the music. Songs like Vancouver Divorce, Chancellor, Lofty Pines and The Never-Ending Present are wonderful and thought provoking... this is a great album to listen to on a sunday morning with a cup of coffee. It really makes you think and listen to the lyrics. It lends itself perfectly to live performance in a hazy, dimly lit bar, where people are drinkin' their fancy dark beers and wine. Gord has done something fresh and amazing.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Warming to the Glow,
By A Customer
This review is from: Coke Machine Glow (Audio CD)
Only four stars? Get back to me in a couple of days and I'm sure I will want to amend my rating upward. As with the past few Hip albums, it has taken a few spins to get into Coke Machine Glow. Its eclectic nature and its departure from Gordie's work with the Hip makes it a bit more difficult, but the effort is worth the rewards of such lines as, "Now for the spectacular part" and "I'm discovering uses for you I though I'd never find." The album is filled with these little gems, but any Hip fan already knows about Downie's tendency toward lyrics that are at once powerfully familiar and impenetrable, an effect both pleasing and provocative. The words are the attraction here, but the music, by turns folksy, bluesy, and just plain goofy (good goofy, ya know), also seems an effort to force the average fan to consider what else is out there. Consider it well. Thanks, Gordie.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great CD!,
By Stephen Shoup (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Coke Machine Glow (Audio CD)
I you want grunge, hard-edged, glam, rap-style rock n' roll. Stay away from this album.This album is just great music which I feel is centered around great lyrical expressions. Great to fall into and get involved. I have lived in Texas for all of my life. Different cities, but Texas is a large place. I was first introduced to The Tragically Hip with 'New Orleans is Sinking' back in 1989 - 90. After that, each on of the LP's has intriguied me and found EVERY track to be something I can listen to over and over. Well, this path has led me to Gordon Downie's solo shot with Coke Machine Glow. This album has textures, meanings, and subtleties that are incredible. I was immediately drawn to Chancellor, but the more you listen to it, the cd is incredible. Many of the songs are very powerful, and have a great emotional component. You can see that the music comes from within the artist. One of the best cd's that I have...
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